Archive for March, 2015
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Your Advocacy Connection
Offering Comprehensive Long Term Care Solutions and Patient Advocacy By Julie Arndt GolderCare Solutions Care Needs…It Isn’t Zero to a Hundred I’ve worked with Kathy Nitz, GolderCare’s Lead Benefits Advocate, for several years. She deals with the financial and public benefits aspects o...
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NASA Technology Comes to Friendship Manor!
By Mark Leverenz, OTR/L Director of Rehabilitation Friendship Manor (309) 786-9334 When an apple fell onto his head and he formulated the law of gravity, Sir Isaac Newton began to understand the role of gravity in controlling the moon's orbit. However, Newton probably didn't realize the profou...
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Unending Inspiration
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Recently, Linda and I had the great pleasure of attending a magnificent performance by the legendary violinist, Itzhak Perlman, in which he both played his violin and also conducted the orchestra. As expected, the concert hall was packed and...
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Ask the Audiologist
By Emily Steffel, Au.D., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. Q: I know I have hearing loss and I want to do something about it. What are the steps I need to go through to get hearing aids? A: The specific steps to getting hearing aids can vary slightly from person to person but they follow the ...
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Are Social Security Benefits Subject to Income Tax?
By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor A question we periodically receive this time of year is this one: “Are my social security retirement benefits subject to income tax?” The answer is a portion of your benefits may be subject to income tax if ...
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Dealing with Illness
By Mary Huebbe Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village Cancer is a thriving illness that still has no cure. It seems every time I turn around, someone is getting diagnosed with a different kind. Everyone handles it differently, and it affects everyone differently. So, how do we support someone ...
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33rd CASI St. Patricks Day Race Saturday, March 14
“Led by a friendly Leprechaun, nearly 3000 runners and walkers race through downtown Davenport, to help raise funds to support CASI’s mission of providing services to senior citizens in the Quad City Region,” said Laura Kopp, President/CEO of CASI. “More than $60,000 was raised in 2014, and ...
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THE PUBLISHER’S VIEW: Inner Thoughts and Comments
By Joe Hutter Publisher Do your children have children? Have you heard the comment “Grandparents raising Grandchildren.” Yes, times have changed. There are more single parent families and often less income to help the child to enjoy being a child. Grandparents have contacted legislators t...
